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attorneys, including himself, Mr. Sticht, L.T. Bradt (Mr.
Bradt),6 Ron Fujiwara, and the law firm of Yempuku and Kugisaki.
Mr. Izen reported that a portion of his fees and costs was paid
from a fund to which various petitioners have contributed
approximately $100 per month. Because Mr. Izen did not set forth
and identify the amounts of the payments made by his individual
clients, or identify the nature and extent of the services that
he and the other attorneys named in his supplement had provided
to petitioners, the Court ordered Mr. Izen to submit such
information in an additional supplement. The Court also directed
Mr. Izen to explain Mr. Bradt's role in representing test case
and nontest case petitioners.
Mr. Izen further supplemented his motion by filing a one
paragraph supplement and attaching thereto copies of 15 billing
invoices addressed to Mr. Kersting for services rendered during
the period January 29, 1991, to October 28, 1998. A number of
the entries in these invoices indicate that Mr. Izen was
providing legal services to Mr. Kersting during and after the
evidentiary hearing.
The Court subsequently ordered Mr. Izen to file a further
supplement to his motion for attorney's fees and costs. In
6 The record shows that Mr. Bradt served as Mr. Kersting's
counsel during the original trial of the test cases, during the
evidentiary hearing, and in Mr. Kersting's personal deficiency
case assigned docket No. 7448-96.
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